Lot of learning this year with new technology stack, headless, JSS, ReactJS, Docker and AKS. Ordercloud implementation with Sitecore XM. I wish I had more time to write about it. I will do a series in 2023. It was great to meet the community and virtual friends in person at the Sitecore Symposium.

I would take this opportunity to self-evaluate, Measuring helps in greater success, my contributions for the Sitecore Community this year.

Thank you to my family in supporting my efforts in running the user groups in the evenings after work. Thank you to the awesome community and everyone for the support.

Speaking Events

VDD 2022

• Apr 13, 2022 - Sitecore Virtual Developer Day - Deploy Sitecore Solution to Docker and Kubernetes
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkXZEYxKnGY&t=5300s

SUG Talks

• Aug 31, 2022 - Design the Search Experience for Sitecore with Coveo - SUG Perth
• Sep 17, 2022 - Design the Search Experience for Sitecore with Coveo - SUG Bangalore
• Oct 12, 2022 - Design the Search Experience for Sitecore with Coveo - SUG Pittsburgh
• Nov 23, 2022 - Post Symposium Round Table - SUG Columbus

Blog Posts

Share quality content to the Sitecore community through my blog that had 15K Views this year.

• Sitecore OrderCloud Certification Tips and Tricks
• Sitecore External User builder for Azure Active Directory Integration
• Azure CDN for Sitecore
• Deploy Sitecore Solution to Docker and Kubernetes - Sitecore VDD
• Is Sitecore XP to XM a Downgrade?
• Let us mitigate Sitecore SOLR Log4J vulnerability with ease
• Coveo Custom Pipeline to Index Sitecore Items without Layout
• Sitecore Symposium 2022 Highlights

Certification

• Sitecore OrderCloud Certification
• Sitecore 10 System Administrator Certification
• Sitecore CDP and Personalize Certification
• Coveo for Sitecore 4

Contribution

• Sitecore Issues and Documentation
• Sitecore Internal Product review and feedback
• Sitecore learning review and feedback
• SUGCON-NA Board Member
• Mentor
  
  * Aspiring and existing MVP's
  
  * Offline Mentoring developers on Sitecore
  
  * Provide guidance for certification

Participation

• Hackathon 2022
• Sitecore Virtual Developer Day 2022
• SUGCON 2022
• Sitecore Symposium 2022
• Sitecore MVP Summit 2022
• Sitecore Lunches
• Sitecore MVP lunches
• Slack and Stack overflow
• Hosted and attended Pittsburgh SUG meetups
• Meetups in the following SUG's
  
  * Boston, Budapest, Queen City, Columbus, Portland, New England, Toronto, Atlantic Canada, SUG Jaipur, SUG Bangalore, SUG India, SUGMEA, SUG Jordan

Pittsburgh Sitecore User Group (PGHSUG)

11 Meetup's Hosted

45 Members growth (301)

18 Average Participation

Meetup

• Dec 7, 2022 - SaaS to the Future
• Feb 24, 2022 - Integrate Sitecore Send with Sitecore XP to generate leads
• Mar 30, 2022 - New Dimension of Sitecore CLI
• Apr 14, 2022 - XM Cloud Deploy – Developer Tooling for the Upcoming Release of XM Cloud
• May 11, 2022 - A Sitecore Architect in the Composable DXP world
• Jun 15, 2022 - Composability, A Strategist's Guide: What, Why & How
• Jul 18, 2022 - Sitecore Managed Cloud with K8's: Development and Deployment overview - GitOps
• Aug 10, 2022 - XM Cloud: Is It Really the Future for Sitecore?
• Sep 08, 2022 - Extend Analytics Reporting with Sitecore xDB Data
• Oct 12, 2022 - Design the Search Experience for Sitecore with Coveo
• Nov 02, 2022 - Symposium Takeaway | Developing with Sitecore CDP/Personalize Using Existing API

YouTube

Pittsburgh Sitecore User Group Channel

11 Video Published

115 Subscribers

• Integrate Sitecore Send with Sitecore XP to generate leads
• New Dimension of Sitecore CLI
• XM Cloud Deploy - Developer Tooling
• A Sitecore Architect in the Composable DXP world
• Composability, A Strategist's Guide What, Why and How?
• XM Cloud Is it really the future of Sitecore
• Sitecore Managed Cloud with K8's Development and Deployment overview, GitOps
• Symposium Takeaway 2022
• Developing with Sitecore CDP and Personalize Using Existing API
• Design the Search Experience for Sitecore with Coveo
• Extend Analytics Reporting with Sitecore xDB Data

2023 Goals

Explore and contribute

• Explore the new technologies and share the knowledge
  • Composable DXP
  • Headless (NextJS)
  • Sitecore Search
• Explore, learn and share knowledge on Sitecore SaaS offerings
• Present in Symposium and Sitecore user groups
• Content Hub Certification
• .NET developers help them cross train
• YouTube videos

Organize

• Keeping the group active with interesting topics every month
• Let Sitecore thought leaders showcase their expertise
• Provide open stage for new presenters

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